I forgot to mention that, along with the free brushes, I started posting timelapses of these pages. 🎨

"March's Sketches" has been posted + 4 free CSP brushes! www.patreon.com/posts/154547... (A reminder that all of my monthly sketch posts are free.)

Watching THE PITT (with headphones), and I can't help but be distracted by the muffled audio of the voices. It's probably a result of how they film the show to keep in all the ambient noises, then bring up the cast's voices in post. That's my theory. 🤔 This is my only pet peeve with the show.

Sketch-sketch, scribble-scribble, doodle-dump.

Sketch-sketch, scribble-scribble, doodle-dump.

Rough Animator is fun, but I suck.

Someone was eavesdropping. 🤫 monstersoupcomic.com?comic=page-1...

Hello, Jack! monstersoupcomic.com?comic=page-9...

🤢🤮 I love writing. I love the process, getting into character, having complete control, brainstorming, rewriting, learning about my characters, so on. It’s like a drug to me and I’m always craving more. This AI bullshit negates all of those creative adventures. 100% garbage.

I was looking back at all of my Clip Studio Paint upgrades to see the price creep. It's always been, to my knowledge, 30% off when the newest version drops. They can hide it all they want, but this is an annual fee. The only nice thing about all of this, I don't have to get Ver 6 when it comes out.

I finally drew Daisy in my style. 🌼

"February's Sketches" has been posted, along with a timelapse and 4 free CSP brushes. www.patreon.com/posts/152088... (Free+ tiers)

Those who follow me who don’t know, I also make a webcomic. 🫣

How I feel working on my comic.

One more. 🪱

Watercolor scribbles into something.

Found a fun lil’ Pilot Kakuno fountain pen in my pen stash. Extra fine is a little on the scratchy side. Now I’m wondering how the Fine and Medium versions feel when sketching. (“Bad, Jules! No more fountain pens!”) *adds them to the wishlist*

I’ve been eyeing the Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14 to use when I’m away from my PC, but my main concern is the OS. At the moment, it’s stuck on Android 15 with no way to update it. I reached out to Wacom about this. Seems like a generic response, but perhaps there’s some light at the end of the tunnel? 🤔

Saw this ad on reddit using vampire romantasy to sell birth control. Having been around vampire fiction all my life, birth control never comes into play. (I’m not counting that one storyline in ANGEL.)

Originally, my comic was to have a side story called MONSTER BRIGADE, about the other monsters living on the island, with their leader being the Monster King, a parody/homage to the Goblin King. I axed the side comic idea, but kept the characters for the main story. The Monster King’s debut nears. 🥳

Back to sketching on paper for my comic. I like the tactical, unpolished, chaos of pens, markers, and pencils at this stage. All I’m worried about here is getting my ideas on paper when envisioning these scenes. I can worry about panels later. 🖊

I was today-years-old when I learned that I could drag and drop materials into my Materials folder in CSP. No more going through the Edit menu to Register Materials. (Works on brush tips, too.) 🤯

This Ghost, listening to Ghost, while drawing a ghost. The trifecta is complete this February morn. 👻

Taking a dive back into my webcomic's archive, I realize that throughout all of my attempts to make pages faster, I failed by sinking nearly 80 hrs into this page. 💀 monstersoupcomic.com?comic=page-3...

Someone gave me a tin of mints for Halloween, and the newly empty tin now has a new life holding my limited palette of white gouche and payne’s grey.

One CSP feature I would like Celsys to add: the ability to have Record Timelapse turned on with each new file, while also allowing users to have this off if they prefer. (I keep forgetting to hit record.)

It's time to sink or swim, Pepper. monstersoupcomic.com?comic=page-5... #webcomic #indiecomic #comicupdate

💥 I keep getting so close to 200 members on Patreon, with it currently sitting at 199. Even if you don't follow my comic, I do post free sketch pages monthly, and with those, I offer the CSP brushes I made/used on those sketches. (And starting this year, timelapses of the pages.) ▶️ patreon.com/julie

The current voting incentive on TopWebomics is a bit of tongue action between Pepper and Luke. 🫣 topwebcomics.com/vote/14031

Late night watercolor sketch while in bed.

I thought searching for art references was dead now due to the amount of AI slop, but I randomly found out that by adding "before:2022" to any search will clear it from the results.

I’m currently using a hand-me-down iPhone 7 that is stuck on iOS 15, and one by one, I’m losing access to all of my apps. “This app requires iOS 16 or higher.” I can’t even continue using these apps without updating, which is impossible. Lost access to my bank app today. 🤬

Watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony, and was that AI I just saw in the collage? 😬

"January's Sketches" has been posted! www.patreon.com/posts/149765... ✨✨✨✨✨ These are my monthly sketches, which I post for free on my Patreon. With them, I also post free CSP brushes I used while making the sketches. And starting this year, I'm also posting timelaspes of the pages.

"January's Sketches" has been posted! www.patreon.com/posts/149765... ✨✨✨✨✨ These are my monthly sketches, which I post for free on my Patreon. With them, I also post free CSP brushes I used while making the sketches. And starting this year, I'm also posting timelaspes of the pages.

Friday is always here before I know it! monstersoupcomic.com?comic=page-3... #webcomic #indiecomic #comicupdate

The power has been out since 2pm and the generator won’t start. Might lose all my food. If I can find some coolers/ice chests, I might be able to save some things. 🥶

Those around me think I'm overreacting about the winter storm. I live near the TX/LA border, along the I-20 corridor. The forecast is for nearly an inch of ice. There's also the tree by my house that has worried me for years, but no one else seems concerned. Will there be a big ol' "I told-ya-so!"?

My desk doesn’t have much room for a proper adjustable art table, so I ended up using a large clipboard and an adjustable tablet stand I had laying around. I was surprised at how well this works.

“Terrible traditional art, but terribly fun” continues. I have so many sketchbooks collecting dust that I had decided last month I’m going to draw in them every day for a year (filling one page a day). This one here is a small, cheap sketchbook though, but I can take it with me when out and about.

Today in terrible traditional art, but terribly fun, I fell in love with the Zig Cocoiro. 🖊❤️

Today in terrible traditional art, but terribly fun, I fell in love with the Zig Cocoiro. 🖊❤️

Going through my art pads and loose papers and found a watercolor painting I don’t remember making. 🫠

My New Year’s resolution: “I don’t need anymore sketchbooks or paper.”

Messy mixed media fun. (The final image is after I fiddled with the face in CSP.)

Messy mixed media fun. (The final image is after I fiddled with the face in CSP.)

I want to start doing some pen and ink sketches, and wanted to have some Payne's Grey watercolor on standby. But that sent me down a Payne's Grey rabbit hole. No two are the same, apparently. Left to right: Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Holbein, and Daniel Smith's Neutral Grey (since I like it).

Tiny acrylic marker painting.

Past me vs Present me